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Important Notices

Disclaimer

The information provided by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the Government) on this website (the Government's information) is for reference only. Whilst the Government endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the Government's information on this website, no expressed or implied warranty is given by the Government as to the accuracy of the Government's information.
 
This website also contains information input by other parties and users may link this website to other websites and obtain information provided by other parties (the other information). The Government expressly states that it has not approved nor endorsed the other information contained in or in connection with these websites.
 
The Government does not accept any responsibilities for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from any cause whatsoever in connection with this website. The Government is entitled to delete, suspend or edit all information on this website at any time at its absolute discretion without giving any reason. Users are responsible for making their own assessment of all information contained in or in connection with this website and are advised to verify such information by making reference to its original publication and obtain independent advice before acting on it.

Information presented in the service pages of individual Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (RCHEs) and/or Recognised Service Providers (RSPs) of the SWD Elderly Information Website are for reference only. Whilst the Social Welfare Department (SWD) endeavours to gather updated information regularly and present the most updated and accurate information; no expressed or implied warranty is given by the SWD as to the accuracy of the SWD's information. Some of the information, including but not confining to service information, images, fee-charging tables and publicity materials, are provided and vetted by RCHEs and/or RSPs. Please contact individual RCHEs and/or RSPs or visit their websites if detailed service provisions are required.
 

Copyright Notice

The information available within this website may be re-disseminated or reproduced, provided that the SWD, as the source of information, is acknowledged and that the re-dissemination or reproduction is for non-commercial use.
 
Any other reproduction, adaptation, distribution, dissemination or making available of the information available within this website for commercial use is strictly prohibited unless prior written authorization is obtained from the SWD.
 
The SWD and the HKSAR Government shall not accept any responsibilities for any loss or damage arising from the information, or reproduction or re-dissemination of the information, within this website.
 

Website Browsing

This website can be accessed with any browser that complies with the HTML 4.01 standard. But exactly how a website is displayed differs between browsers, computers and operating systems.
 

Web Accessibility Non-conformance Statement

We are committed to ensuring that our website conforms to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA requirements to the maximum extent possible. However, due to the following reason(s), we are unable to incorporate all Level AA accessibility features at this point in time.

  • As this website contains contents owned by third party that it is not appropriate to convert the way it is displayed in the view that the conversion may affect the accuracy of the contents.
  • As this website contains considerable multimedia contents, it is not possible to incorporate all Level AA accessibility requirements in all of them.
  • As this website contains considerable archive materials that are not frequently used, not all Level accessibility features have been incorporated.

If you have any problem accessing information on our website, please feel free to contact our site administrator for technical support by email: elderlyinfo@swd.gov.hk